San Joaquin County Biographies
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JOHN H. FAGG.
A man who has demonstrated his executive ability in many positions is
John H. Fagg, the district manager of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of
Stockton, whose jurisdiction includes all of San Joaquin County and parts of
adjoining counties, extending from Jackson to Tracy, Byron, Brentwood and the
Delta section and as far north as Galt. He was born in St. Paul, Minn., December
31, 1883, and he was three years old when his parents arrived in California. He
was educated in the public schools of Sacramento and Placer counties; later he
took an engineering course in the Polytechnic school of San Francisco. His
electrical career started in 1905 when he began working for the Central
California Electric Company at Auburn, Cal. Starting at the bottom he worked his
way up step by step to his present important position. After a short time he was
transferred to Alta, Placer County, and became foreman; later was sent to
Sacramento as division foreman and later construction foreman at Sacramento. In
1906 the company's name was changed to the California Gas & Electric Company;
then in 1909 it was merged with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. In 1914 he
came to Stockton and was put in charge of the operation and maintenance
department; later he became assistant manager of the San Joaquin district, in
charge of the electrical department. On December 1, 1920, upon the resignation
of J. W. Hall, Mr. Fagg assumed charge of all the activities of the big
corporation in the San Joaquin district. Always courteous and affable, Mr. Fagg
makes friends wherever he is.
Mr. Fagg's marriage occurred in 1914 and united him with Miss Marie C.
Harney, a native of Lodi, Cal., her parents being pioneers of the Golden State.
They are the parents of two sons, James B. and John H. He is a charter member of
the Lions Club of Stockton and of Morning Star Lodge No. 68, F. and A. M.
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co.,
1923
p 1295
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.